A drawing of what the Westport Crossing apartment complex might look like when the project is completed.

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A lawsuit filed by a group of citizens against the village of Pittsford over approval of an apartment complex on Monroe Avenue survived a court hearing Thursday morning.

But the hearing focused on whether Friends of Pittsford Village has offered enough evidence to bring the lawsuit in the first place.

Before state Supreme Court Justice John Ark even considers the merit of the lawsuit, he must decide whether the group has standing, meaning individual citizens can prove the proposed apartment complex would directly harm them beyond the effect on the general public. ...